Writing a systematic review following Cochrane methods 

Review:  Probiotics for preventing urinary tract infection in people with neuropathic bladder

ISN Academy learning topic on Cochrane Kidney and Transplant review:

IgA nephropathy is a kidney condition, leading to kidney failure for many of those who are affected.  About 10-20% of patients require dialysis or a kidney transplant within 10 years, and 30-40% within 20 years, from their disease onset.  This long time between diagnosis and kidney failure makes it difficult to establish the most effective and safest treatment.In August 2015, Marinella Ruospo and her colleagues from Bari, Italy updated their Cochrane Review of Immunosuppressive therapies and she tells us what they have found in this Evidence pod.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News article on Organ donation 'opt-out' petition led by teenager who received two kidney transplants

Updated review: Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies for treating acute rejection episodes in kidney transplant recipients

New Review: Calcineurin inhibitor withdrawal or tapering for kidney transplant recipients

The Global Evidence Summit will be the first time that Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration, Guidelines-International Network, International Society for Evidence-based Health Care, and Joanna Briggs Institute have joined forces to create the premier event in evidence-based policy.

This study is being conducted by Alessandra Rossetti and Dr Silvia Rodríguez Vázquez, under the supervision of Dr Sharon O’Brien (Dublin City University, Ireland)  and within the framework of the European Project INTERACT (International Network on Crisis Translation), in which Cochrane UK is also involved. They are looking for volunteer health professionals who have experience in collaborating with Coch

Dr. Nader Shaikh and colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the USA, evaluated two possible alternative imaging tests as ways to identify children who have vesicoureteral reflux and are at higher risks of long-term kidney damage.Listen to the podcast:  The accuracy of two imaging tests in detecting vesicoureteral reflux